Historical figures in Venice
The atlas holds 54 people and 86 moments here, from 1220 to 2007. The most recorded lives are Marco Polo, Antonio Vivaldi and Petrarch. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Honoré de Balzac
in 1837
1 moment here
French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…
Ignatius of Loyola
from 1523 to 1537
4 moments here
Basque Spanish priest, former soldier, and founder of the Society of Jesus. His documented movements span Gipuzkoa, Castile, Catalonia, France, the…
Igor Stravinsky
in 1951
1 moment here
Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1743
1 moment here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1967
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
from 1786 to 1790
2 moments here
German poet, dramatist, novelist, scientist, theatre director, and statesman. Born in Frankfurt, Goethe studied in Leipzig and Strasbourg, practiced…
John Milton
in 1639
1 moment here
English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
Jorge Amado
in 1992
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist writer, journalist, and Communist politician whose life moved between Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, South America, Europe,…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1955
1 moment here
American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Leonardo da Vinci
in 1500
1 moment here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
Lord Byron
in 1816
2 moments here
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…
Marcel Proust
in 1900
1 moment here
French novelist, essayist, and critic, best known for À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time).…
Marco Polo
from 1254 to 1324
6 moments here
Venetian merchant, traveler, and author whose account describes journeys across Asia between 1271 and 1295.…
Max Weber
in 1909
1 moment here
German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist whose work on rationalisation, bureaucracy, religion, capitalism, and social action…
Michelangelo
from 1494 to 1529
2 moments here
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.…
Michel de Montaigne
in 1580
1 moment here
French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…
Mikhail Vrubel
in 1885
1 moment here
Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…
Miriam Makeba
in 1959
1 moment here
South African singer, songwriter, actor, and anti-apartheid activist known as “Mama Africa.” Makeba’s career took her from Johannesburg and Pretoria…
Montesquieu
in 1728
1 moment here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Niccolò Machiavelli
in 1525
1 moment here
Florentine diplomat, civil servant, political theorist, playwright, and historian of the Italian Renaissance.…
Peter Paul Rubens
in 1600
1 moment here
Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
Petrarch
from 1321 to 1372
4 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Richard Wagner
from 1858 to 1883
3 moments here
German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Ronald Reagan
in 1987
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1822 Second Italian journey via Venice Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1828 Italian journey at Venice Heinrich Heine
- 1833 Arrival in Venice with Alfred de Musset George Sand
- 1834 Stays in Venice Hans Christian Andersen
- 1837 Second Italian journey: Venice Honoré de Balzac
- 1844 Experiences Venice Charles Dickens
- 1858 Residence at Palazzo Giustinian Richard Wagner
- 1880 Travels to Venice Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1880 Honeymoon in Venice George Eliot
- 1882 Final arrival in Venice Richard Wagner
- 1883 Death at Ca' Vendramin Calergi Richard Wagner
- 1885 First Italian trip: Venice Mikhail Vrubel
- 1885 Third documented Venice stay Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1887 Final arrival in Venice Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1891 Visit to Venice Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1897 Arrival at Venice Chulalongkorn
- 1900 Journey to Venice with his mother Marcel Proust
- 1901 First Italian journey: Venice Hermann Hesse
- 1909 Trip to Venice with Marianne and Else von Richthofen Max Weber
- 1934 First visit to Venice as chancellor Adolf Hitler
- 1948 Months in Venice Ernest Hemingway
- 1951 Conducting The Rake's Progress premiere Igor Stravinsky
- 1951 Attends Venice's Ball of the Century Salvador Dalí
- 1955 Summertime filming in Venice Katharine Hepburn
- 1957 First visit to the Venice Film Festival Claudia Cardinale
- 1957 Apu Trilogy discussion at Venice Film Festival Satyajit Ray
- 1959 Venice Film Festival premiere Miriam Makeba
- 1961 Volpi Cup ceremony at Venice Film Festival Toshiro Mifune
- 1966 Narcissus Garden at Venice Biennale Yayoi Kusama
- 1967 Photographed in Venice Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1987 Attends Venice economic summit Ronald Reagan
- 1992 World Forum of the Arts appearance Jorge Amado
- 1993 Career Golden Lion at Venice Claudia Cardinale
- 1993 Japanese Pavilion at Venice Biennale Yayoi Kusama
- 1995 Visit to Venice Biennale Diana, Princess of Wales
- 2007 Venice Film Festival appearance Heath Ledger